Is realism from cameras spoiling TV?

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Geektastic

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#2597578 4-Nov-2020 12:37

Batman:

hey geekstastic, sorry but i am not sure of what the issue is - is the scene too unrealistic or too realistic?

In those terms, too realistic I suppose. It seems like it's home movie footage inserted into a cinema film, if that makes sense. Not in the meaning that the footage is wobbly or amateurish, but in the sense that it feels too "I was actually there" rather than fitting in with the anonymous observer style that is more typical and to me more comfortable to watch.

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#2597597 4-Nov-2020 13:27

Oblivian:

With resolution and depth the way it is now (man the pores on peoples skin in netflix/HD on a 2020 Samsung 4K capable but not enabled vs my 2013 Panasonic Plasma is mind blowing).

I wonder if what we're seeing now is how we all were with the change to over-shoulder filming

Where they ditched the stationary pan/cut cameras for the lighter mobile/handheld and introduced human-movement and viewpoint shots to take away the 'it's acting and really can tell' feel. To me, going back to some older stuff where there is no camera motion now feels more odd. Unless they do nice scene cuts and so on like in Mando.

Back in the early days of TV, the indoors bits were filmed on set with TV cameras, but the outdoors stuff was filmed with more portable movie cameras and converted to video. You can see the difference in old footage from Monty Python and other sitcoms and such from the early 70s.

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#2597777 4-Nov-2020 18:58

Geektastic:

Batman:

hey geekstastic, sorry but i am not sure of what the issue is - is the scene too unrealistic or too realistic?

In those terms, too realistic I suppose. It seems like it's home movie footage inserted into a cinema film, if that makes sense. Not in the meaning that the footage is wobbly or amateurish, but in the sense that it feels too "I was actually there" rather than fitting in with the anonymous observer style that is more typical and to me more comfortable to watch.

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#2597870 4-Nov-2020 21:26

elpenguino:

And actor's skin conditions.

God you must find it tough in real life 😅

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